- Nagroda Literacka Nike 2003 · Shortlist
White and Red
Wojna polsko-ruska pod flagą biało-czerwoną
Dorota Masłowska (born 1983)
Translated by Benjamin Paloff
English editions
In EnglishWhite and Red
Atlantic Books · United Kingdom · 2005
Snow White and Russian Red
Black Cat · United States · 2005
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A cold look at the lives of disoriented young people from a housing estate, who move from party to party in a world of drugs, sex and nonsense about the nation. It is not just the monologue of a tracksuited lad recorded in slang: the language is wholly artificial, made up, broken apart and glued back together from crooked pieces. Written while the author was preparing for her school-leaving exams, the novel became both a literary scandal and a generation's cult book.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 158 pages in the original
- Genres
- Satire, Coming of age (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Poland
- First published
- 2002 by Lampa i Iskra Boża
- Author's age
- 19 when first published
- ISBN
9788386735778 (original)
9781843544234 (Atlantic Books, United Kingdom)
9780802170019 (Black Cat, United States)
- More
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